dim-witted
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5.6
- adjective
- /ˈdɪmˈwɪtɪd/
- Offensive
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tonto
- My dim-witted cousin often misunderstands simple instructions.
- just dim-witted
- think her dim-witted
Examples
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You must be a dim-witted high school student or a college professor.
Blog text (14) -
Now his natural reticence reasserted itself, leaving him feeling tongue-tied and dim-witted.
Fiction book (2000) -
My son wants to be like my dim-witted brother.
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You were just as dim-witted the first time you were here.
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Where is that dim-witted animal?
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Sometimes I wonder if she is a little dim-witted.
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What had happened to the easy-going, dim-witted city of his youth?
Fiction book (2002) -
And this is my dim-witted assistant Higgens.
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Poor sweet dim-witted Max.
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Honey Bee Novak was a typical vapid, dizzy blonde in The Roller Girls, while Dottie Dworski was a dim-witted, gum-chewing secretary in Private Eye.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
945
3.2
Not able to understand or learn things quickly
297
4.4
Not quick to learn or understand things
138
8.1
Not smart or quick to understand
28
6.5
Slow to understand and not quick to learn
16
7.1
Not very intelligent and too naive about complex things
14
7.4
Slow to understand what other people mean
9
6.8
Not showing good sense or judgment
8
3.3
Not smart or slow to understand
6
5.3
Not very smart and slow to understand things
4
7.9
Slow to understand simple ideas or instructions
3
6.7
Not quick to understand or think
2
7.5
Showing very little sense or intelligence
1
2.7
A person who is not intelligent and often makes poor choices
1
9.3
Not very smart and acting in a foolish way
1
9.9
Someone who is not smart and slow to understand
1
8.1
Not quick to understand or learn new things
1
9.9
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
1
8.4
Very silly and not showing good sense
1
9.9
A person who is not very quick to understand things
A person who is slow to understand and easily fooled
A rude name for a person who is slow to understand
Slow to understand things and often acting foolishly
Not very smart and likely to make poor choices
Slow to understand or act because they are tired
Showing little intelligence and only simple ideas
Pleasant and friendly but not very smart
Not very quick to understand things
A person who is not smart and is slow to understand things
Very foolish or not showing any reaction
Antonyms
How Smart
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dim-witted comes from dim, meaning 'not bright' like a weak light, and wit, meaning 'mind' or 'understanding', the same part you see in witty. So someone who is dim-witted has a 'not bright' mind and is slow to understand things.